Essentials #1
Current economic activity from the perspective of Clémentine Gallès, Chief Economist and Strategist at Societe Generale Private Banking.
85
%
In the first five months of 2021, numbers of international tourists were 85% below their 2019 level and down 65% from 2020.
Source: World Tourism Organization - July 2021
1
st
El Salvador is the first country to o!icially adopt bitcoin as its national currency.
*September 2021
16.5
trillion $
Total public debt trading at negative rates worldwide now exceeds $16.5 trillion.
*August 2021
36
%
Sustainable investments reached 35.3 trillion dollars in 2020, representing 36% of the total professionally managed assets in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australasia1 and Europe.
Source: Global sustainable investment alliance (GSIA) - July 2021
1. Term designating the geographical group formed by Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea.